Improvement in barrel-taps and faucets



' a. B. TAYLOR.

Barrel-Taps and Faucets.

Patented Dec. 16. 18731..

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron GEORGE B. TAYLOR, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARREL-TAPS AND FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,695, dated December 16, 1873; application filed April 12, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. TAYLOR, of Oakland, Alameda county, State of California, have invented an Improved Barrel-Tap and Faucet; and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention or improvement without further invention or experiment.

My invention relates to an improved barreltap and faucet by which liquids under pressure can be drawn from a barrel or cask with out trouble or waste.

My improvement consists in so constructing the tap that the valve which admits the beer or other liquid to the faucet is operated entirely independent of the faucet by a keywrench or screwdriver, thus permitting the faucet to be first firmly and tightly screwed down upon its seat before admitting the liquid to it.

In order to properly describe my invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side sectional elevation. Fig. 2 is a top view.

A represents the metal plug or permanent tap, which is firmly screwed into a' hole in the head of the barrel or cask at the desired point, in the same manner that the ordinary barreltap is applied, and it can be inserted by any of the usual devices for inserting plugs in bung-holes. A bore or hole, I), is made in the outside face of the plug A, at one side of the center, which extends only partially through it. This bore or hole is provided with a female screw, into which the faucet G is secured. At another point in the face of the plug A a hole, cl, is made entirely through the plug, and the bottom of the bore 0 is connected with this hole cl by an angular passage, 0. The interior of the hole cl is tapped with screwthreads, through which a screw-rod, h, passes, until its lower end enters the barrel below the plug. A valve, 2', is secured to the inside end of this screw-rod, which serves to open and close the passage which leads to the faucet. By turning the screw h in one direction the valve 1' will be drawn closely up against the inside face of the plug A, so as to completely close the inner end of the hole d, and prevent the escape of the liquid or gas; but by turning the screw in an opposite direction the valve i will be carried away from the inner face of the plug, so as to expose the lower end of the hole (I, and allow'the liquid to pass out, through the angular passage 0, into the faucet. A leather or other suitable washer is secured to the upper side of the valve 6, so as to form a perfectly tight joint when the valve is drawn up. The upper end or head of the screw-rod l1, fits in a countersink at the upper end of the hole d, so as to be out of the way. This head can beof any desired shape, and a suitable wrench or key 'may be employed to turn it, or the end of the head can be nicked, so that it can be turned with an ordinary screwdriver.

In order to prevent the liquid or gas from escaping through the hole cl, one or more shoulders can be formed on the screw-rod, which will fit against corresponding shoulders iu-the plug, and thus form one or more perfectly tight joints along the length of the screw.

I am aware that a barrel-tap has heretofore been combined with a faucet, but in every such instance the faucet has been made to opcrate the valve during the operation of screwing it into the plug. The consequence of this operation is that the liquid or gas escapes through the screw-threads before the faucet is turned down upon its seat, thus rendering them objectionable; but, by my arrangement, the faucet can be first introduced and screwed firmly down upon its seat without disturbing the valve, after which, when everything is ready, the screw it can be turned by means of the wrench-key or screw-driver above mentioned, and the valve opened, so as to admit the liquid into the faucet, from whence it can be drawn in the usual way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with a permanent barrel- -tap and faucet, O, the valve i and screw h for operating said Valve, by which the liquid is d, screw-rod lm'alve i, and angular passage 0, in combination with the faucet G, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

. GEO. B. TAYLOR. [L. s.]

- Witnesses J OHN L. BOONE, G. M. RICHARDSON. 

